<VV> Aluminum Base - Removing anodizing?

[Andy Clark]

I agree, Mike.
I polished up the sill plates on both the Corvairs, then clear-coated them
with 2-part clear. The sedan plates are still mirror-finished after 3 years.
The clone plates are too recently done to draw any conclusions.
Andy Clark
Camano Island, WA.
1966 140/4 Monza Sedan
1966 140/4 Yenko Clone
1966 180/4 Cord 8/10 #60

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From: <rt66vairs at aol.com>
To: <mhicks130 at cox.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Aluminum Base - Removing anodizing?


> Mike,
>
> It sounds like you didn't get the anodizing off of the aluminum
completely.
>
> I've had mirror like results with both aluminum and stainless trim parts.
> Gettum shiny and clearcoat the hell out of 'em.
>
> They last a long time
>
> Tim Abney
> Inland Empire Corvair Club
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mhicks130 at cox.net
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Sent: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 9:02 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Aluminum Base - Removing anodizing?
>
>
> My experience with trying to polish up the bare aluminum on the wheel well
trim
> on my 65 where the anodozing was gone from the trim being bent showed that
the
> aluminum would not polish up anywhere near as bright as the anodized part.
Same
> thing with the silver trim on a damaged late dash I have.  You can polish
it,
> but it's nowhere near as bright and shiny as the anodized parts.  I have
seen
> aluminum polished up to a mirror-like shine but I haven't been able to do
it
> with the trim pieces on a Corvair.  Could just be me though...
>
> mikeH